| Alexander S. Wiener: the man and his work. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 18848157 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Solomon Wiener, a lecture was presented before the 2007 Wiener Award winner's talk at the New York Blood Center. This article is based on that talk. Dr Wiener was very committed to his career and very devoted to his family, and living family members remember him with fondness. He had numerous personal and professional interests. He used his knowledge of blood groups in forensics, parentage studies, testing and monitoring mothers, and treating their babies for erythroblastosis fetalis (now known as hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn). Dr Wiener's method for exchange transfusion was highly efficient. He appreciated the value of collecting plasma from women whose babies had hemolytic disease and making reagents with it. Indeed, the US National Institutes of Health license he obtained for this function was one before that obtained by ortho diagnostics. He was a stickler for doing tests correctly and insisted on the use of appropriate controls. Toward the end of his career, Dr Wiener became obsessed by the terminology for antigens in the Rh blood group system, but that should not distract from his contributions. |
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Authors:
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Marion E Reid |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Biography; Historical Article; Lectures; Portraits |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Transfusion medicine reviews Volume: 22 ISSN: 1532-9496 ISO Abbreviation: Transfus Med Rev Publication Date: 2008 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-10-13 Completed Date: 2008-12-09 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8709027 Medline TA: Transfus Med Rev Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 300-16 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Immunohematology, New York Blood Center, Laboratory of Immunohematology, New York, NY 10065, USA. mreid@nybloodcenter.org |
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ABO Blood-Group System
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history Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / blood, diagnosis Blood Transfusion / history Correspondence as Topic Hematology* / history History, 20th Century Music |
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0/ABO Blood-Group System |
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Personal Name Subject:
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Alexander Wiener |
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